FAO Moldova has launched the component “Rural Development for Promoting Agri-Tourism and Traditional Products in the Republic of Moldova” in Drochia town. This is part of the FAO project to support the capacities to promote agrifood products, IPN reports.

The event to launch this component was held in connection with the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste that is observed on September 29. Two years ago, the UN General Assembly designated this day in a move to raise awareness of the importance of the problem and its possible solutions at all levels.

The rural development component is implemented by the Farmers’ Federation of Moldova “FARM”. There were identified ten tourist attractions in Drochia district, including a peasant farmstead growing organic vegetables, a small cheese factory, a wooden church that is 230 years old, a local Jewish cemetery, an ostrich farm and others.

“By this project, FAO aims to support the agricultural sector in Moldova by improving policies to promote and market agrifood products. Through the component launched today, we lay emphasis on the promotion of traditional products typical of some of the localities in the country, which will have a positive impact on the development of agri-tourism in rural areas in general,” said FAO Deputy Representative in Moldova Tudor Robu, being quoted in a press release

The FAO project to support the capacities to promote agrifood products is implemented during March 1, 2019 – December 31, 2021. The total value of the project is US$300,000.